Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Summer Sky

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Written By Amy Shulke
 
Add realism to Copic Marker blends by underpainting with complementary or opposite colors. Real shade isn’t just darker, real shade is murky and desaturated. Cool gray marker adds distance and depth to blue markers. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker …
 
 

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Real shade is not darker color, real shade is desaturated color.

To create the desaturated colors that Copic Marker does not make, Vanilla Arts Company teaches Online Workshops and Livestream Coloring Challenges using the underpainting method. Students learn to layer colors realistically rather than blend. Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.

Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.

 
 

Further Reading:

Artistic Coloring : Adding Creativity to Your Copic Projects : Your Brain Lies

Color Theory Tip: How to Tame Clashing Complementary Color

 

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